Activists accuse officials of negligent attitude towards the development of the SEZ Activists of the All-Russian Popular Front (ONF) conducted a control visit to the special economic zone “Gates of Baikal” in the Irkutsk region and came to the conclusion that over the eight years of the project’s existence, it has not budged. The ONF plans to ask the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation to pay attention to the work of Special Economic Zones JSC (SEZ JSC).

The Office of Rospotrebnadzor for the Sverdlovsk Region began an investigation into the departure of 11 clients from the Svoya Kompaniya cafe in Yekaterinburg. The victims sought medical help with signs of acute intestinal infection, six of them were hospitalized. “The patients have a history of eating rolls in a cafe on the afternoon of October 24 - Philadelphia rolls, a roll set with cheddar, Tunaki-maki rolls, a set of hot rolls, rolls with cheddar,” the department said in a statement.

Waste recyclers accuse the Ministry of Economy of opposing the development of the industry The Ministry of Economy yesterday published a negative opinion as part of the regulatory impact assessment (RIA) on the draft government resolution on environmental tax rates prepared by the Ministry of Natural Resources. The department called the size of these payments unreasonable, and the collection itself was just a new way to fill the budget.

In Ufa, electricity losses will be halved by 2019 through the installation of “smart” networks throughout the city. The general director of the Bashkir Electric Grid Company, Dmitry Sharovatov, told reporters about this today. “The smart grid project began to be implemented in 2014 and is planned to be completed in 2019. The volume of capital investments is more than 4 billion rubles. The result will be a significant reduction in electricity losses in the capital of Bashkiria.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the United States to act cautiously in the South China Sea following reports of a US destroyer being sent to the shores of the disputed islands of the Spratly archipelago. According to him, the Chinese authorities are now checking this information. “If this is true, we urge the United States to carefully consider its future actions and not act rashly and not create problems out of nothing,” Reuters quotes the head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

The Board of Directors of LUKOIL recommended that the extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the company approve dividends for January-September 2015 in the amount of 65 rubles. per share, the company said in a statement. It is noted that the meeting of LUKOIL shareholders, at which a decision on the amount of dividends will be made, is scheduled for December 24, 2015. Based on the results of nine months of 2014, dividends amounted to 60 rubles. per share, final - 94 rubles. per share.

Police officers of the Oktyabrsky district (KhMAO) opened a criminal case against the head of the Russian Post office on suspicion of embezzlement of funds, reports the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the department, the head of the post office accepted money from citizens as payment for utilities, but did not deposit it into the cash register. Thus, the suspect stole more than 200 thousand rubles, writes Interfax-Ural.

Three partners of Russian Alexander Fishenko were found guilty of providing him with illegal assistance in the supply of microelectronics from the United States to Russia, Bloomberg reports.

Russtroybank suspended the issuance of deposits, the credit institution’s call center reported. The bank’s call center specialist clarified that his future fate is now being decided—the credit institution is undergoing an inspection by the Central Bank. “Now they are deciding what will happen to the bank in the future - either reorganization or something else,” she added.

Khabarovsk Ministry of Agriculture requested additional state support Agriculture has exhausted the potential for increasing production due to record state support in 2012 and without increasing funding it will lose competition to producers from neighboring regions. This was stated by the head of the regional Ministry of Agriculture, Alexander Kupriakov. The request for increased support irritated Governor Vyacheslav Shport, who called not to compare the region with neighboring regions.

Foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei gave an interview to Kommersant On October 27, during his working visit to Moscow, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus VLADIMIR MAKEI met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. He told Kommersant correspondent GALINA DUDINA about what role Minsk sees for itself in the Ukrainian settlement and why the issue of the Russian airbase is irrelevant for Belarus.

Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations with a degree in foreign trade economist. From 1971 to 1998 – at work at the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the USSR, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of the Russian Federation, held a number of positions, including the post of head of the Department. In 1971-74. and 1977-80 worked at the USSR Trade Representation in Norway. Since 1992 to 1997 - Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in Romania.

Yesterday, at a meeting of the election commission of the Penza region, the head of the regional headquarters of the Young Guard of United Russia, Dmitry Semin, received the mandate of a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Penza region in connection with the resignation of Viktor Kondrashin. The candidacy of 25-year-old Dmitry Semin was nominated according to party lists and unanimously approved at a meeting of the Regional Political Council of the United Russia party.

The official start to work on the reindustrialization program for the Novosibirsk region was given in September 2014. During this time, we have gone from ideas to a detailed document, the final version of which the regional government intends to approve in December. The preparation of the program was not stopped by the worsening economic problems at the end of 2014.

Mark Zavadsky about the secrets of success of Alibaba and AliExpress: “Of course, the most important thing is the abundance of goods. We currently have more than 200 thousand sellers and about 100 million products trading on AliExpress. 200 thousand accounts, Chinese companies, and they present 100 million products on the site. 99.9% is the percentage of Chinese goods. And now, for the most part, we are a Chinese marketplace in terms of offering goods; of course, we are a Chinese company.